In front of a large crowd of protestors, Michael Brown's stepfather on a platform started shouting "BURN IT DOWN! BURN IT DOWN!" to a larger crowd in a situation were arson was not only a possibility, but then in fact did happen.
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Should he be prosecuted?
Nah. While he may have said "Burn this bitch down" at the end of the day, the people who committed arson are responsible for their actions. You may condemn what he said, but the people who committed arson still had a choice as to whether or not they would go through with the act. They have ears, eyes, and minds of their own.
In front of a large crowd of protestors, Michael Brown's stepfather on a platform started shouting "BURN IT DOWN! BURN IT DOWN!" to a larger crowd in a situation were arson was not only a possibility, but then in fact did happen.
[video]http://blog.honest.com/5-natural-ways-to-treat-infant-eczema/#[/video]
Should he be prosecuted?
Well ... apparently it is being investigated.Nah. While he may have said "Burn this bitch down" at the end of the day, the people who committed arson are responsible for their actions. You may condemn what he said, but the people who committed arson still had a choice as to whether or not they would go through with the act. They have ears, eyes, and minds of their own.
Other than Obama deciding to press Federal charges, I could think of no better way to add fuel to the fire then prosecuting his dad. Though it's interesting, because a lot of the arguments that have been made about the Wilson grand jury could be the same. "Let it be up to a grand jury to decide". A sick twisted part of me would prefer that. But the better part of me says no way, in a olive branch sort of thing. Plus, what has he been doing since then to calm things down? If he is still saying this stuff, then that might warrant further action.
There was one that said that they were eyewitness to Brown laying on his stomach, and Wilson firing into his back several times. That hindered .. well you can't really say prosecution, because he wasn't on trial yet.
It may be an easy olive branch to offer since it wasn't your entire life's work in your business burned down leading to your financial ruin.
I am interested to see if anyone will say he should be arrested and put on trial so a jury should decide - like so many claim should have been done with Wilson.
It is an interesting question, though. In a way, it is the Charles Manson issue. If you don't commit the crime, but tell others to do it and they do, are you part of it?
Nah. While he may have said "Burn this bitch down" at the end of the day, the people who committed arson are responsible for their actions. You may condemn what he said, but the people who committed arson still had a choice as to whether or not they would go through with the act. They have ears, eyes, and minds of their own.
The difference is that the Manson "family" committed their crimes because of Charles Manson, what happened in Furguson would have happened regardless of anything the stepdad said.
I don't know if that matters from a legal perspective though. If a guy jumps out the window of a high rise and you shoot him before he hits the ground, you will be charged with murder despite the fact that guy would have died anyway a second later when he hit the ground. I am not sure how this would be any different. Most likely there would have been a violent riot anyway, but his step dad did take that as an opportunity to incite violence from a crowd.
But in that case, you actually literally did cause the death of the person (presuming that it could be proven that the gun shot caused the death prior to him hitting the ground). In this case, the riots were not caused by anything he said. Don't get me wrong, I don't like defending the guy. I think his statement was a complete douchebag thing to say, but you'd have to prove that his words were what caused the riots and I don't think you could.
It may be an easy olive branch to offer since it wasn't your entire life's work in your business burned down leading to your financial ruin.
I am interested to see if anyone will say he should be arrested and put on trial so a jury should decide - like so many claim should have been done with Wilson.
It is an interesting question, though. In a way, it is the Charles Manson issue. If you don't commit the crime, but tell others to do it and they do, are you part of it?
I still blame Obama.
As the media (both sides) poured all the gasoline on this they could for ratings and focus - I noticed something. Did you notice it?
I can not recall one time the media left or right on MLK Jr calling for NON VIOLENT protests and giving his reasons why. Rather, the media just kept predicting riots and arson - long before that was happening and only while there were peaceful protests - for which ultimately the media's predictions became self fulfilling prophesy.
In front of a large crowd of protestors, Michael Brown's stepfather on a platform started shouting "BURN IT DOWN! BURN IT DOWN!" to a larger crowd in a situation were arson was not only a possibility, but then in fact did happen.
[video]http://blog.honest.com/5-natural-ways-to-treat-infant-eczema/#[/video]
Should he be prosecuted?
In front of a large crowd of protestors, Michael Brown's stepfather on a platform started shouting "BURN IT DOWN! BURN IT DOWN!" to a larger crowd in a situation were arson was not only a possibility, but then in fact did happen.
[video]http://blog.honest.com/5-natural-ways-to-treat-infant-eczema/#[/video]
Should he be prosecuted?
Yes, free speech is one thing but you can't holler fire in a crowded theater and you can't by your words incite a riot.
I've always though it was bull**** to point fingers at the media. The media is responsible for showing what is going on on the ground, and what the mood of the general public is. Were they to completely ignore the the riots and arson, that would of been grossly inaccurate of them to try and portray that picture. All the media did, and they did a good job in the aftermath (at least CNN did, Fox didn't have as much a presence on the ground) was to be in the midst of it and show the human drama that was going on. And by the way, many pundits were calling for non-violent protests, but that was never going to happened sadly, not in Ferguson at least. Outside things have been peaceful for the 95-99% of protests.
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